4 jailed in Greene County on meth charges

Published
3:57 pm CDT, Thursday, June 4, 2015

ROODHOUSE — Four people have been jailed on methamphetamine-related charges stemming from a raid on a Roodhouse residence.

Members of the Roodhouse Police Department, the Greene County Sheriff’s Department and the Greene County Multi-Agency Response Team — a tactical team made up of Greene County sheriff’s deputies and officers from Carrollton, Greenfield, Roodhouse and White Hall police departments — served a search warrant at 309 W. Prairie St. on Wednesday night.

The warrant was the result of an investigation by the sheriff’s department and Roodhouse police, according to Greene County Sheriff Robert D. McMillen.

Police said they found an active methamphetamine lab in the residence, and the Illinois State Police Methamphetamine Response Team was called to dismantle the lab and to collect and process evidence.

Charges of aggravated manufacture of methamphetamine, illicit chemical breakdown of methamphetamine and aggravated possession of a controlled substance were filed against Reno, Terri Pinkerton, Jared Pinkerton and Lopez. Bail was set on the four at $50,000 each.

The aggravated charge of manufacturing methamphetamine was because the residence was in close proximity to North Greene Elementary School. The aggravated charge of unlawful possession of a controlled substance charge was a result of authorities finding almost two pounds of a substance containing methamphetamine, according to authorities.